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generated code is a thin functional layer on top of the ADO code that maps directly to the
tables that you are manipulating。
When you are developing an application that accesses a relational database; you need to
consider the following issues:
ADO drivers : When you write ADO code; you will need an ADO driver for
each database。 Thus; if you wish to use MySQL; you will need a MySQL driver。 However;
for the most part; the code that you write in your application will remain identical; regard
less of which type of database you are using。
Abstraction : There will always be differences in the code used to access different relational
databases。 Be prepared to abstract your database code if you access the database directly
using ADO。
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Designing a Database Using Visual Basic Express
Visual Basic Express is very helpful when designing and building database applications。 It provides
interface…based tools for designing the database; managing connections; and managing data
access。
With Visual Basic Express; you can directly integrate the ADO drivers for only Microsoft
SQL Server。 (This does not mean you cannot use a different ADO driver using code。) If you
want to use the GUI tools for a database driver other than for SQL Server; you will need to upgrade
your Visual Studio edition。 For this chapter’s examples; we’ll use the SQL Server Express Edition
driver (http://msdn。microsoft。/vstudio/express/sql/)。
You can add the GUI tool…based database support to any Visual Basic project type。 For this
chapter; we’ll use a console project called DatabaseConsoleEx。
After you have created the DatabaseConsoleEx console project in Visual Basic Express
(using the procedure outlined in Chapter 1); you can set up the database; and then add tables
to your new database。
Configuring the Data Source
Using the Visual Basic Express Data Source Configuration Wizard; you can add a database as
your data source; set up the database connection; and select database objects to include in the
project。 Follow these steps to use the wizard:
1。 Select Data Add New Data Source to start the Data Source Configuration Wizard。
2。 Choose Database as the data source and click Next。
3。 You’re asked to choose a data connection。 When choosing the data connection; you are
defining the connection settings to your relational database。 Since we are creating a
new database in this example; click the New Connection button。
4。 Choose Microsoft SQL Server Database File and click Continue。
5。 In the Add Connection dialog box; fill in the database file name。 For this example; enter
the name lottery。 Visual Basic Express will automatically add an 。mdf extension to the
file name to indicate that it is a SQL Server file and save it in your My Documents folder
by default。 Click OK to add the connection and select Yes when asked to choose to create
the file if it doesn’t exist。
6。 The Choose Your Data Connection screen reappears with your data connection filled
in。 Click Next。
7。 Since we’re using a SQL Server Express Edition driver for this example; the dialog box
shown in Figure 14…2 appears。 It asks if the database file can be copied into the project。
Click Yes。
8。 You are asked if you want the application configuration information added to the project。
Click Next to add the information。
9。 The Choose Your Database Objects screen appears。 Since this is a SQL Server Express
Edition file; it doesn’t have any tables。 If the database connection referenced a relational
database that already existed; database objects would be available。 Click Finish。
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Figure 14…2。 Adding the SQL Server Express Edition file to the local project
Visual Basic Express will rebuild your project。 When it is finished; the result will be similar
to the project structure shown in Figure 14…3。
Figure 14…3。 Modifications made to the Visual Basic Express project
The Visual Basic Express project contains a reference to a file that is provided by Microsoft
SQL Server Express Edition。 The diagram shown earlier in Figure 14…1 indicates that a database
server is another process that you access using a client library。 In about 80% of the cases; this is
true; but some database servers are file…based。 These types of databases are used in simpler
single…user database applications。 From a programming perspective; nothing changes; and the
source code should not even be aware of whether the database is a file or server process。
Adding the Tables
In Visual Basic Express; you can add tables to your database using the Database Explorer。
Through the Database Explorer; you can modify all of the data objects available within the
database。 Here are the general steps for adding a table:
1。 Right…click the lottery。mdf file in the Solution Explorer and select Open to open the
Database Explorer。 The Database Explorer displays information about the database。
2。 Right…click the Tables node and select Add New Table to open a window for creating the
new table; as shown in Figure 14…4。
3。 Specify the column name and type for each column in the table。 You can also specify
other details about each column; such as its length and whether it must be unique。
4。 Once you have entered the column information; save the table (Ctrl+S) and give it a
name。 For this example; we will add three tables: draws; persons; and winners。 The following
sections describe the columns and types for these tables。
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Figure 14…4。 Creating a new table
Each column of a table must have a name and type。 Just as Visual Basic has types; so does
a database。 What is frustrating about database types is that they are similar but not identical to
Visual Basic types。 To make things even more frustrating; not all database implementations
have the exact same types。 Fortunately; if you use the Visual Studio tools; the wizard will map
a specific database type to a Visual Basic type。
■Tip The Microsoft Visual Studio documentation has an excellent reference on the various data types
and their accuracy。 See the “Data Types” section of the Microsoft SQL Server Books Online documentation
(http://msdn2。microsoft。/en…us/library/ms130214。aspx)。
Draws Table
The draws table contains all of the drawn lottery numbers。 Table 14…1 shows the column names
and types for this table。
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Table 14…1。 Draws Table Columns
Name Type
draw_date datetime
first_number int
second_number int
third_number int
fourth_number int
fifth_number int
sixth_number int
bonus int
The draw_date column holds the date of the draw。 The declared type is datetime; which
is like the datetime type in 。 However; you will need to be careful in mapping types; as
explained in Chapter 3。
The rest of the columns represent a number in the winning draw; including the bonus
number。 As in Visual Basic; SQL Server includes various numeric types。 The number columns
in the draws table are declared as the int type。
■Note The one SQL Server numeric type that does not exist in is numeric。 This type behaves like the
decimal type in ; except for the precision。 With numeric; you can specify the number of digits before
and after the decimal point。
Persons Table
The persons table lists all of the people who have won a lottery drawing。 Table 14…2 shows the
column names and types for the persons table。
Table 14…2。 Persons Table Columns
Name Type
id uniqueidentifier
first_name nvarchar(100)
last_name nvarchar(100)
The persons table is a collection of people with their first names and last names。 The challenge
in a relational database is uniquely identifying a user。 Think of it as trying to define a unique
hash code。 The solution most databases use is a number。 When you have millions of records; a
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number might not be adequate as a unique identifier。 In that case; you can use the SQL Server
uniqueidentifier type; as we’re doing for the id column of the persons table。
The first_name and last_name columns both have the type nvarchar(100)。 A string in a
database behaves like a number type; in that strings have length limits。 In the example; we use
the nvarchar type; for a variable…length string with a maximum length of 100 characters。 In
contrast; specifying char(100) would give you a string 100 characters long; regardless of how
many bytes contain letters。 If the entry in a char column has fewer characters than specified;
the remainder of the char string is filled with space characters; by default。
Winners Table
The winners table matches the winning people to their lottery drawing。 Table 14…3 shows the
column names and types for the winners table。
Table 14…3。 Winners Table Columns
Name Type
id uniqueidentifier
draw_date datetime
Both columns are the types of the specific columns in the tables being referenced。 The
idea is to use the winners table in conjunction with the persons table and the draws table to
create the list that shows who won which lottery drawing and their numbers。
After you’ve created the three tables; your Database Explorer will resemble Figure 14…5。
Figure 14…5。 Modified database structure with the added tables
Now that we have a database with some tables; let’s see how to access that database
directly; using ADO。
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Accessing the Database Using ADO
Accessing the database directly using ADO involves using the ADO interfaces。 The
first step is to define a connection。 Once the connection has been established; you can manip
ulate the tables in the database—to add; remove; and update records。
Now we will continue with the sample lottery database created in the previous section。
We’ll write code to add; select; and delete records。
Connecting to a Database
Define a database connection with the following code; which illustrates a general approach
(added to the DatabaseConsoleEx application)。
Imports System。Data。SqlClient
。 。 。
Dim connection As IDbConnection = _
New SqlConnection(DatabaseConsoleEx。My。Settings。Default。lotteryConnectionString)
We need to import the System。Data。SqlClient namespace because it contains the classes
to access and use SQL Server (that is; the ADO driver)。
The variable connection is a SqlConnection object; which is specifically for accessing SQL
Server。 Think of it as picking up the telephone and hearing the telephone tone。 The connection
requires a username; password; and the name of the database to which you want to connect; which
are bundled into a connection string。 That information is stored in lotteryConnectionString;
which was defined when you configured the data source in Visual Basic Express。
Once you have a connection instance; you can create a live connection; which is akin to
dialing a telephone number and hearing that telephone ring。 Here is the code for opening
the connection:
connection。Open()
Now you can work with the tables in the database。
Closing a Database Connection
After having processed your SQL statements; you should close the connection to indicate that
you are finished using the database。 Here’s how:
connection。Close()
It is good practice to open and close database connections as quickly as possible。 You
should open a connection only when you are absolutely ready; and close it as soon as you are
finished with it。
Adding Table Data
The draws database table you created earlier is empty。 Now we will add some content。 To add
data to a database using SQL; use the SQL INSERT mand; as follows:
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Imports System。Data。SqlClient
。 。 。
Dim cmd As IDbmand = _
New Sqlmand(〃INSERT INTO draws (draw_date; first_number; second_number; 〃 _
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